The screening at the Orphan Film Symposium will consist of only the 'A' story, a short piece of sound film. Colorlab provided pro bono preservation and a new 35mm print for the occasion. Catalog record from University of South Carolina Moving Image Research Collections <www.sc.edu/library/mirc> Fox Movietone News Collection Spain Celebrates Her New Freedom (April 16, 1931) 35mm, b&w, sound, 1.26 min.
Crew: Squire and Young Madrid, Spain
Enormous crowd rejoices over the abdication by King Alfonso XIII.
Exterior; day: various scenes of crowds in city streets. Long shot Queen Marie (Roumania) and Queen Elizabeth
(Belgium) leave Paris, France hotel after meeting with Queen Victoria of Spain. Note: partial edited story used in Metro newsreel 2/261; used in 4/064; slight emulsion deterioration throughout MVTN 9 970 (B) Spain Celebrates Her New Freedom (April 16, 1931) 35mm, b&w, silent, 9.53 min. Crew: Squire and Young Scenes of crowds. New Mayor Pedro Rico and Councillor Galerza speaking from balcony of town hall. Statues drapped [sic] with banners and flags. Note: used in 4/064 and Metro 2/261. |